In Hedong County, the children of the Fan family who escaped by luck were ready to move after Fan Xian returned.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun led the patrols day and night, and did not dare to slack off.

In Anyi County, in a remote courtyard, Fan Xian stood in the middle of the room, and behind him were more than a dozen Fan disciples.

"Now that the county is full of soldiers, how can we overthrow Lu Bu?"

Someone stepped forward to ask Fan Xian.

Fan Xian turned around and asked, "Representatives of all counties, are they all here?" ”

The dozen or so people reported their identities one by one, Wenxi, Yishi, Dayang, Puban, Fenyin, Pishi, Jiangyi, Linfen, Xiangling, Yangxian, Pingyang......

It's all here.

Fan Xian took out a cloth from his arms and said, "This is the battle plan of Yuan Tan of Hanoi County, come over and take a closer look." ”

Calculate a good day, make an appointment with Yuan Tan, and raise troops at the same time, and cooperate with the outside and the inside.

"The Fan army on the surface has been controlled, after you go back, use your own tenants to form a private army, and after the incident, directly attack the place of my Fan army, unite them, and restrain the state army."

Drinking all the turbid wine in the wine glass, Fan Xian said fiercely: "Once Yuan Tan's troops enter Hedong County, everything will be a certainty. ”

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The terrain of the Yellow River crossing is both an advantage and a disadvantage for the Bingzhou army!

Before Lü Bu led the army to arrive here, Wei Gu relied on the Yellow River, and 3,000 people were able to resist tens of thousands of troops in Hanoi County, and after Lü Bu arrived, it was precisely because of the Yellow River that he could not cross the river and defeat Yuan Tan's army.

It is not a good thing for Lu Bu to directly use the blitzkrieg to quickly decide the success or failure of the war like the surprise attack on Shangjun at the beginning, and it is protracted.

Yuan Tan was in Hanoi County, with the support of Wang Kuang and Jizhou, which was equivalent to fighting on the ground, with plenty of food and grass.

The grain and grass of the state army came from the allocation of Shangdang County, long-distance grain transportation, and the turnover period was long, once the supply of grain and grass was interrupted, then this time the troops sent to Hedong may come in vain, and it is more serious to say that it will not be good to lose the soldiers.

It is impossible for Yuan Tan to lead the army to cross the river in front of Lu Bu, and Lu Bu will not be stupid enough to cross the river to attack Yuan Tan, and the two sides are at a stalemate.

Just when Lu Bu was worried, Cao Xing sent a letter.

His 20,000 people had officially entered Hedong County from Wenxi County and asked Lu Bu what instructions he had.

The 20,000 men were part of the New First Army transferred from Tai Shi Ci of Yanmen County, and Dian Wei also followed, and Cao Xuan was in charge of commanding.

Today, the states and counties that can afford to raise more than 100,000 troops, except for Jizhou, are the only ones that started with sweet potatoes.

For the sweet potato crop, Lu Bu is extremely strict, each checkpoint has its own checkpoint, anyone who enters or leaves must be searched, and it is strictly forbidden to take anything related to sweet potatoes out of the state.

Cao Cao once sent someone to ask Lu Bu for sweet potato seedlings, but Lu Bu did not give them.

handed Cao Xing's letter to Tian Feng, and Lu Bu asked for his opinion.

"That group of people is probably planning too." Tian Feng said.

He knew that no matter how fast Zhang Liao and Gao Shun moved, there would inevitably be fish that slipped through the net, and if they wanted to catch them all, they had to continue to plan.

At that moment, he took out the map of Hedong County, and spread out a piece of thin paper, on which Tian Feng wrote with a pen, and the plan was divided into three parts.

First, immediately spread out a part of the troops to assist Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to take care of the army originally controlled by the Fan clan in Hedong County;

Second, strictly control the gates of each county, pay attention to the inventory, and pedestrians are only allowed to enter and not to go out;

Third, prepare more items to defend the city, and once you find signs of rebellion, you will cut them first and then play them.

After writing it, it was folded, and Tian Feng found the messenger and asked him to go back quickly.

Still not at ease, Tian Feng took the paper again, and according to the previous content, he wrote another letter, found a person from the wolf rider in Bingzhou, and instructed: "You go out of Jiguan, go back to the north of Wenxi County, and hand over this letter to Cao Xing." ”

"No."

The wolf rider took the letter in his bosom, mounted his horse and galloped out.

"My lord, order the camp to be pulled out, and the troops will be withdrawn slowly, leaving only the sentry cavalry to hide in the dark and observe until they arrive in Yuan County."

Tianfeng Road, Yuan County is the closest county seat to the Yellow River ferry, just in the middle of Anyi County and here, under the galloping of fast horses, it can be reached in half an hour!

Lu Bu asked what this meant, and Tian Feng rarely explained it to him.

Tian Feng asked Lü Bu to withdraw his troops in order to confuse Yuan Tan on the other side of the Yellow River, so that the other party thought that Lü Bu had gone back to suppress Fan's rebellion, and when half of his army crossed the river, the state army could kill a return rifle, bow and crossbow in unison, and shoot the opponent's soldiers on the Yellow River.

After understanding, Lu Bu immediately ordered, the rear army to be the front army, pull out the camp, and slowly retreat, the twelve first batch of personal guards trained by Wang Yue guarded Tian Feng first, and Lu Bu led the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou to personally break the rear.

On the opposite side of the Yellow River, Yuan Tan's cavalry probed the sentry and saw the banner of Lu Bu's troops moving from a distance, and immediately went back to report.

"It was found that the enemy troops on the opposite side were moving backwards with flags, and it was suspected that the troops were withdrawn."

Yuan Tan heard that today was the day when he and Fan Xian agreed to start together, Lu Bu retreated at this time, whether he wanted to go back to suppress the rebellion, he was undecided, Yuan Tan asked Guo Tu what to do.

Guo Tu rushed out of the camp on horseback and observed the details of the retreat of the opposing team.

After half a stick of incense, Guo Tu said: "The enemy retreated slowly, presumably because I was afraid that our army would take the opportunity to cross the river and pursue." ”

After pondering for a while, Guo Tu suggested that Yuan Tan should wait until the enemy army completely disappeared from view, and then send several sergeants to cross the river in small boats to investigate, and after being sure, immediately cross the river and pursue the enemy.

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When Lu Bu slowly withdrew his troops, a secret sentry behind him caught up with him and reported: "Yuan Tan sent a small number of sergeants to cross the river and come to inquire about the situation. ”

Carrying Fang Tian's halberd, Lu Bu laughed and said, "Then let's run a little messily and confuse the enemy army." ”

The five thousand wolf riders quickly dispersed, did not make any formation, and ran at will.

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Yuan Tan's big tent, a spy rushed in: "Report, the enemy's rear cavalry, the formation is disordered, and the flag is not raised." ”

Guo Tu was overjoyed and asked, "Can you see clearly?" ”

The spy said: "It's true, I saw it with my own eyes!" ”

He was one of the first sergeants to cross the river by boat, and when he saw Lü Bu's wolf cavalry exhausted from afar, he immediately came back to report the situation.

"Immediately order, the three armies in unison, quickly cross the river, enter Hedong County, and pursue the enemy."

As the son of the Yuan family, Yuan Tan is arrogant, if he can become the Taishou of the Hedong County, his position will be more stable, far from being comparable to those two younger brothers.

His father Yuan Shao will also be impressed by him and allocate more resources to him!

Ju Yi reminded: "Soldiers are not tired of deceit, and they should be careful. ”

Although Lu Bu's wolf cavalry had retreated, as long as he wanted to fight, he could immediately turn back and attack, and after the army crossed half of the river, if it was counterattacked by the enemy, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Hmph, how can you completely avoid risks when marching and fighting."

Guo Tu retorted that the fighter plane was fleeting.

Yuan Tan and Guo Tu had the same thought, "In this case, you can lead your subordinates to cross the river last." ”

Ju Yi stopped talking.